Dispensing-cabinet.



.PATBNTED APE-28,1903. L. E. CAMPBELL ,& W. B. WEAVER.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED ssr z. 12. 1901.

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I -UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

LUTE ENSIGN, CAMPBELL AND WILLIARD B. WEAVER, or ELRENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

DISPENSING-CABINET.

srncrrxcerioiv forming part bf Letters Patent No. 726,635, dated April 28, 1903. Application filed September 12,1901. Serial No. 75,198- No model.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUTE ENSIGN CAMP- BELL and W LLIA D BLWEAVER, citizens of the United, States, residing at Elreno, in the county of Canadian and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Dispensing-0abinet, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to dispensing-cabinets, and has for'its object to maintain the contents thereof in separate compartments and to have said compartments in com munication with a single discharge-opening and also to provide for conveniently controlling the discharge of each compartment through the commondischarge-opening. ,Itis furthermore designed to have the several compart-gv ments discharge into a common receptacle which is movable and also conveniently accessible, so as to arrange for the convenient withdrawal of portions of the contents of the cabinet.

A final object resides in arranging for effectually housed and protected within the base portion of the cabinet and also arranged to be conveniently read from the exterior.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully described, showirin theac-5 companying drawings, and particularly point.- ed out in the appended claims, it beingunder:

stood that changes in the form, proportion,

size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or. sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a dispensing-cabinet constructed and arranged in accordance with this invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are central longitudinal sectional views taken at right angles to each other. on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

In carrying out the present invention there Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken I clearly illustrated in Fig." 2 of the drawings,

and each compartment is provided with a bottom 4, that inclines downwardly to the point of intersection of the several partitions, whereby the bottom of the'body formed by the'combined bottoms of thecompartmentslis' inclined downwardly and centrally. to a common central point. The bottom of each compartment is provided with a discharge-opening 5, which is located at the lowermost point of the bottom,and all of these openings intersect to form a common discharge-opening. Within each compartment there is provided a slide 6, which is mounted in guides 7, carried by' the bottom of the compartment, the inner end of the slide being pointed, so as to fit the adjacent corner of the compartment, and thereby effectually close the discharge-opening. As best indicated in Fig. 5, it will be observed that the inner ends of the slides are correspondingly beveled or pointed, so as to normally lie in mutual engagement, and thereby cooperate to-limit the inward movements thereof. The opposite end of the slide forms a handle 8,

which is projected outwardly through a slot or opening 9, formed in the outer wall of the compartment, whereby the slide may be conveniently manipulated to control the discharge-opening. The upper open ends of the compartments are normally closed by means of a pair of hinged lids or covers 10, which have pendent marginal flanges ll to embrace the upper edge of the cabinet-body.

Within the hollow base there is provided a suitable weighing mechanism, which is in-.

closed Within a box or casing 12 and has a scale arm or standard 13, projected upwardly through the top of the casing and carryinga pan or platform 14:, which is designed for the support of a scoop 0r tray 15, into which the or scale mechanism is provided with opposite outwardly-directed indicator-arms 16, which are inclined upwardly and project outwardly through slots in the casing and also through corresponding slots 17 in the inclined walls of the hollow base, suitable degree-marks being provided upon the outer side ofthe base and at the edges of the slots, as indicated at 18, whereby the indicators are designed to cooperate with the degree-marks, and thereby clearly indicate the weight of the material which has been discharged into the scoop or tray. In order that access may be had to the weighing device, an opening is provided in one side of the base portion, and said opening is normally closed by means of a hinged lid or door 19.

By reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings it will be seen that the combined openings in the bottoms of the several compartments cooperate to form a single opening, which is in the shape of a cross, the arms of which are normally closed by the inner ends of the respective slides, which are mitered to mutually fit and form an efiective closure for the crossshaped opening.

Each side of the body portion 1 is provided with a price-card holder 20, which consists of a slotted open-ended frame, into which an ordinary price-card may he slipped to indicate the price of the contents of the adjacent compartment.

As best indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings,

it will be seen that the two hinged lids or covers are arranged diagonally of the cabinet, so that each lid closes a pair of adjacent com partments,whereby the other pair of compartments may remain closed when the firstmentioned compartments are opened.

What we claim is 1; In a dispensing-cabinet, the combination of a plurality of upright compartments grouped about a vertical axis, the bottoms of the several compartments having dischargeopenings, and substantially radial endwisemovable closure slides for the respective openings, the inner ends of the closure-slides normally lying in mutual engagement to limit the inward movement thereof.

2. In a dispensing-cabinet, the combination of a plurality of compartments grouped about a vertical axis with their inner sides in mutual engagement, the bottom of each compartment having a discharge-opening intersecting its inner side, whereby the several discharge-openings mutually intersect, and substantially radial endwise-movable closure slides for the respective openings, the inner ends of the slides being correspondingly pointed or beveled with said ends meeting at a common point and lying in mutual engagement to limit the inward movement thereof.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

LUTE EN SIGN CAMPBELL. VVILLIARD B. WEAVER. \Vitnesses for Lute E. Campbell:

F. H. SHELLEY, ROBERT GALBREATH. \Vitnesses for W. B. Weaver:

J. P. WALKER, J. J. SoULLY. 

